Chicken in Chinese Rice Wine

4.9 from 9 reviews

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Chinese

Ingredients: Chicken

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hour 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hour 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 100 gram ginger, preferably old ginger, peeled (optional) and thinly sliced
• 1 whole free-range chicken (Indonesian: ayam kampung), or 6-8 chicken drumsticks, or 3-4 chicken leg quarters
• 10 gram Angelica roots (当归- dang gui)
• 15 gram red dates/jujube (红枣- hong zao)
• 10 gram goji berries (枸杞- gou qi)
• 400 ml Chinese yellow rice wine (黄酒- huang jiu)
• 200 ml Chinese white rice wine (白酒- bai jiu)
• 50 gram rock sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, omit if your rice wine has salt content in it

Instructions

1. Heat sesame oil in a pot on medium-high heat and fry ginger until fragrant. About 3 minutes.
2. Add chicken pieces and cook until no longer pink. About 2 minutes.
3. Add red dates, Angelica roots, goji berries, yellow rice wine, and white rice wine. Mix well, and bring to a boil.
4. Season with salt, then turn the heat to a simmer, cover the pot, and cook for 1 hour.
5. Add rock sugar and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Turn off the heat and serve the chicken in immediately.